[Mass spectrometry of triterpene glycosides molecular complexation with purine bases of nucleic acids].

The molecular complexation of adenine and guanine with hederagenin 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside (alpha-hederin) and its 28-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->6)-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester (hederasaponin C) was investigated for the first time using the method of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Guanine forms complexes more diverse in composition than adenine.